Many people have read Hamlet and may or may not have been confused about two specific characters' affection for each other. Many questions are asked about whether Hamlet truly loves Ophelia or not. Not only do people wonder if he ever loved her, but they wonder what caused Hamlet's actions towards her. Another question raised was whether or not Hamlet was responsible for Ophelia's suicide. William Shakespeare does a great job of hiding Hamlet's love for Ophelia, but there is evidence to show that he truly loves her. In the first act of the play, Ophelia and her father, Polonius, talk about Hamlet and Ophelia's time alone. Ophelia tells Polonius how Hamlet was a gentleman. Polonius goes on to say how passion drives boys to say anything to girls in order to have sex with them. Afterwards, Polonius tells Ophelia that she may never see Hamlet again, and Ophelia agrees to obey her father. In the second act of the play, Ophelia goes to her father in fear because of Hamlet's actions towards her. Ophelia says, "My lord, as I was sewing in my cupboard, Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unfastened, with no hat on his head, his stockings soiled, without garter, and down to the ankle; pale as his shirt, his knees beating each other, and with a look as pitiful as if he had been delivered from hell to speak of horrors, comes before me" (2.1.87-94). In modern English, this means that Hamlet entered Ophelia's bedroom with his clothes in disarray, no hat, his socks were low and his knees were knocking. Ophelia also said: Lord Hamlet had an expression on his face as if he had been released from hell. Hamlet's actions leave Ophelia wondering what made him act this way. Once Polonius learned from Lord Hamlet... midway through the paper... that Hamlet had put her under so much stress, she didn't care about dying. All in all, Hamlet is responsible for Ophelia's death because he was the one who killed her father and put her under so much stress. Many questions have been asked about the affection between Hamlet and Ophelia. Questions like: Did Hamlet really love Ophelia, what made Hamlet act that way, and whether Hamlet was responsible for Ophelia's death. After reading the play, you will come to the conclusion that Hamlet loved Ophelia dearly and only acted that way because of his plan for revenge. Hamlet was also responsible for Ophelia's death because of his father's death and the way he acted towards him. Works Cited "Hamlet". SparkNote. SparkNotes LLC, 2013. Web. 5 February 2014. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Paolo Moliken. Clayton: Pretwick House Literary TouchstoneClassics, 2005. Print.